Chisels

• Numerous chisels were cast out of copper at the beginning of the Babylonian empire. The people later -- toward the decline of the empire -- discovered that by adding tin to copper, bronze could be cast to form harder tools and weaponry. Copper chisels and knives and hammers were used to etch reliefs into rock and clay. Evidence of this copper tool use is in the patina coloring still recognizable on the surface of many sculptures. Copper was also used to form depressions and features into golden statues and reliefs.
  
  

Stylus

• A stylus was used originally to write characters into clay tablets and onto walls and near other large sculpted surfaces. The stylus originated from the cuneiform writing system. The Babylonians used the written Akkadian language for their works. The stylus was made from a variety of available sticks and twigs. This was used to depress shapes that formed words into tablets of soft clay. Copper styluses were also used to etch the writing into harder stone.
  
  

Bone

• Since the Babylonian empire had such a vast clay resource, making sculptures out of clay was the primary method used. Soft clay is easily shaped into a variety of exquisite features. Shaped tools made from bone were often used to make intricate cuts, depressions and patterns into the clay.
  
  

Clay Wheel

• Though scholars aren't in total agreement, many believe that the clay wheel was first implemented in Babylon. This primitive machine would be used to spin wet clay. Potters and sculptors would then shape the clay into jars and other vessels with their hands. Pots, bowls and vessels were also often decorated and painted. Some clay pottery from Babylon has intricate writing inscribed that is still visible to this day, thousands of years later.